What Roles Can Water-based Wax Emulsion Play in Coatings?

    In various coating or printing processes, the paint film is often required to be dry, full, and anti-blocking without affecting the performance of the overall product. In coating formulations, the anti-blocking effect is mainly achieved by adding water-based wax emulsion.

    In coating formulations, polyethylene wax emulsion can effectively improve the wear resistance of the paint film, make the film very smooth, reduce the friction coefficient of the coating, achieve anti-sticking effect, and also extend the service life of the product.

   Different wax emulsion products are used in coatings for different fields. For example, wax emulsion can improve the anti-sagging performance of architectural coatings. Polyethylene wax emulsion has good stability and is used as an anti-settling agent in color paint systems. Adding polyethylene wax emulsion to many solvent-based resin systems can prevent silica from settling into gels or hard lumps.

  Wax emulsion can enhance the toughness of coatings: When plastic is used as the substrate, the requirements for the coating are different, and low-molecular-weight polyethylene wax emulsion is often used. When applied to copolymers containing acrylic acid or polyethylene glycol, it can greatly improve the crosslinking and affinity of thermosetting coatings.

  Water-based wax emulsion can improve the wear resistance, scratch resistance, anti-blocking and other properties of coatings. It can be applied to primers and topcoats in transparent high-gloss systems without affecting the transparent gloss and recoatability. It can significantly improve the surface performance of the system, making the coating's wear resistance, scratch resistance, hardness increase, smoothness, anti-blocking and other properties significantly enhanced.